Welding Fabrication Standards - EWF
Welding Fabrication Standards - EWF
Welding Fabrication Standards - EWF
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<strong>Welding</strong> <strong>Fabrication</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> Page 29<br />
Location and frequency of such inspections and/or tests will depend on the contract and/or product<br />
standard, on the welding process and on the type of construction. As a general rule the state of<br />
inspection and testing of the welded product have to be indicated in some way. Such a means<br />
shall be adequate to the type of product; as an example, a <strong>Fabrication</strong> and Control Plan may be<br />
required for big products (on which the testing activities are marked); while routing cards or<br />
confined space inside the manufacturing plant shall be sufficient for small series product to indicate<br />
the inspection and testing status. Table 5 reports a typical chart for tests to be carried out before,<br />
during and after welding operations.<br />
In some situations, the signature of the inspector 7 shall be required in order to enhance the<br />
traceability of the welding and related process activities. Moreover, the reference number of the<br />
relevant test report shall be included, if required.<br />
All the procedures or instructions relevant to inspection and testing shall be made available to the<br />
inspection personnel, and properly controlled.<br />
As to NDT, testing activities (method, technique and extension) shall be carried out in<br />
consideration of and in accordance with the quality level of the product. Some of those parameters<br />
are reported in the manufacturing codes, where the designer chooses the class of the weld taking<br />
into consideration all of the above mentioned factors. All these aspects should be considered<br />
during the design review phase by the welding coordinator.<br />
Figure 9 – <strong>Welding</strong> gauge for Visual Inspection of joints<br />
7 For some tests or checks (e.g. welding parameters, dimensional checks, visual testing, etc.) the welder or<br />
welding operator itself shall be considered as inspector.<br />
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